Sometimes it is not the grand experiences that define a stay. It is the hours in between. Those moments when there is nothing to achieve, nowhere to be, and you are simply allowed to exist in the present. At Giardino Ascona, there is a place dedicated precisely to that: the dipiù Spa. While Ticino’s palm trees sway gently in the breeze outside and Lake Maggiore lies just a short walk away, the spa opens up a world that operates at a deliberately slower pace. The sense of calm

From the Mauritius spring to today’s hotel spas – a journey through the bathing tradition of St. Moritz